Case Study: LT Apparel achieves a 98% reduction in reporting time with Planful

LT Apparel Achieves a 98% Reduction in Reporting Time

LT Apparel is a family-owned children’s apparel supplier of owned and licensed brands (including Healthtex, French Toast, Adidas and Carhartt) with more than $500M in annual retail sales across wholesale, retail and .com channels. When VP Lee Johnston took over budgeting in 2014 he inherited an Excel-based process stored on a remote network that was slow, crash-prone and full of “ghost links,” forcing local downloads, creating version-control headaches and stretching the annual budget cycle from September to mid‑February.

Johnston selected Planful and—working with BrightPoint Consulting—implemented the cloud-based Dynamic Planning solution despite distribution-center delays and staff turnover. Reporting that once took four to five hours now runs in about five minutes (a 98% reduction), version-control issues are resolved, and LT Apparel now runs precision forecasts (24 months of actuals plus a 27‑month forecast) with built‑in what‑if scenario and near real‑time monitoring capabilities.

LT Apparel

Lee Johnston

VP, Finance and Corporate Strategy